We feel that we know him. We?ve known him for five hundred years.??The artist who is probably the most famous painter in the world. Mona Lisa. The Last Supper.??Annunciation. The Vitruvian Man.??The artist: Leonardo Da Vinci.??He was the polymath of the 15th?Century.??A true genius.??Now he is a bingeable TV series. Entitled Leonardo, Sony Pictures and…
Liam Neeson has made a career (maybe even a second career) out of pursuing justice, with his distinct set of skills: a gravelly voice, a well-timed punch, and a knowledge of various firearms. In The Marksman, he’s Jim Hanson, Vietnam veteran and United States Marine Scout Sniper. He knows what violence costs in terms of…
“Isn’t it quite fantastic?” Watching Roy Andersson?s About Endlessness is more like wandering through an art museum than sitting in a theater. This film is not about a story. It is about looking carefully at scene after scene of what may seem like ordinary life, but always just a tad off so that we need…
Life-affirming and fascinating,?It Is Not Over Yet?transports the viewer to Dagmarsminde, a small long-term care facility in Denmark. Led by health practitioner May Bjerre Eiby, Dagmarsminde is committed to caring for their elderly residents and dementia patients by shifting their focus from medicine to the more controversial philosophy of ?care treatment?. Inspired by Florence Nightingale?s…
How will you leave your mark on the world? Set in Denmark, Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest follows grandfather and veteran retro gamer Kim Cannon Arm. The ?uncrowned king of 1980s arcade games?, Kim spends his downtime playing the classics with his friends in Copenhagen?s Bip Bip Bar. Having turned the game of Gyruss into an…
Someone once said that not all heroes wear tights. However, in the case of SpiderMable, we see that one can still wear the costume but that?s not what makes her a hero. Directed by Kelly Wolfert, the new documentary SpiderMable follows the powerful (and adorable) journey of Mable Tooke, a 6-year-old cancer patient who dreams of being like…
It wasn?t supposed to go like that. After unexpectedly re-arranging the schedule to push Best Picture up and let the acting categories shine, the Academy clearly wanted to send a message. With the foregone conclusion that Chadwick Boseman would posthumously take Best Actor for his work in Ma Rainey?s Black Bottom, it was going to definitively…
Roll out the [digital] red carpet and strike up the [Zoom] speeches! Believe it or not, It?s Oscar season and time to crown the Best Films of the pandemic year. As efforts such as Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah and Sound of Metal all duke it out to claim the top prizes, Seeing and…
Happy Earth Day, everyone. With the arrival of April 22nd, National Geographic launched their latest series celebrating the creatures of our planet. Available now on Disney+, Secrets of the Whales takes a deep dive (get it?) into the wonderful world of whales. Narrated by Sigourney Weaver, the series focuses on five different species (orcas, humpbacks, belugas, narwhals…
Did Bigfoot really murder three Mexican workers? No. No, he didn?t. Unless he did. During a visit to a marijuana farm in the Fall of 1993, journalist David Holthouse overheard a story that he has never forgotten. According to several witnesses, three men had been brutally killed by Bigfoot on a nearby farm. Now, twenty-five…
